Bowing-rod and bracket therefor.



H. EBERT.

BOWING ROD AND BRACKET THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2. 1915.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

LULUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co.. WASHINGTON, u. c,

BOWING-ROD AND BRACKET THEREFOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

Application filed February 12, 1915. Serial No. 7,762.

To all whom it may concern a 1 Be it known that I, HARRY EBERT, acitizen ofthe United States, residing at Frederick, in the county ofFrederick and State of Maryland, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Bowing- Rods and Brackets Therefor, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates toshutter 'b'owers; and has particular referenceto an improved bower rod and supporting bracket therefor.

The present invention has for an object to provide a bower rod which isreadily detachable from the bracket, and which may be secured to thebracket from either side thereof to thus provide a bracket which may beapplied to either the right or left shutter or blind without thenecessity of making the brackets in pairs and of peculiar forms for therespective right and left shutters.

It is also an object of the present invention to provide a shutter bowerwhich not only embodies'all of the above advantages of structure andoperation, but which also may be economically manufactured and easilyhandled and applied.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear from thefollowing detail disclosure of the present embodiment of the invention,the same being illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein,

Figure 1 is a fragmentary view of the outer 'side of a window casing andan open shutter hinged thereto, showing the bower rod and bracket inposition. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the improved bracketand bower rod detached from one another. Fig. 8 is a face view of thebracket, showing the socket thereof in vertical section. Fig. 4 is aninner end view of the'bracket showing the socket thereof in section atright angles to Fig. 3, and showing the bower rod ready to be detached.

Referring to this drawing, wherein like parts are designated by similarcharacters of references throughout the several views, 10 designates ashutter or blind hinged in the usual manner to a window casing 11, thesill of which is provided with the usual bower rod socket 12.

The blind 10 is provided with a bracket, the base 13 of which issuitably secured to the blind by means of screws or the like. The base13 has an outstanding arm 14 preferably at its inner end and upon theouter end of which is provided a socket 15. The

socket 15 is provided with a cylindrical opening 16 extending verticallytherethrough and through the opposite sides of the socket '15 tosomewhat snugly receive the depending shank 17 on the inner end of thebower rod 18. The shank 17 is cylindrical in form and is adapted tofreely turn within the opening 16 of the socket. The intermediateportion of the socket 15 has an annular groove 19 in the inner wallthereof adapted to receive a laterally extending pin 20 carried upon theintermediate portion of the shank 17, for the purpose of retaining theshank from displacement from the socket.

Within the inner side of the socket 15 there is'provided a. groove orslot 21 opening through the opposite sides of the socket coinmunicatingwith'the intermediate groove 19 and the socket opening 16, and is of asize suflicient onlyto admit of the passage of the pin 20 to theinterior of the socket.

From Figs. 2 and 4 it will be noted that this groove 21 is in the innerside of the socket, that the pin 20 projects laterally from the shank 17immediately beneath the bower rod 18, and that therefore it is necessaryto turn the bower rod 18 into parallelism with the outstanding arms 14,as shown in Fig. 4, to register the pin 20 with the groove 21. The bowerrod 18 can only be released from the socket 15 by turning the rod 18into this above described position shown in Fig. 4, so that when thebracket is in place on the blind 10 the blind prevents the turning ofthe rod 18 into the detaching position. With this construction it isseen that the bower rod 18 is permitted to swing freely upon the socket15 into all the required positions without accidentally becomingdetached from the socket, and that when it is desired to detachthe bowerrod 18 it is only necessary to remove the bracket from the blind whenthe bower rodmay be turned into the proper position for withdrawal.

The advantage of such a structure is apparent for in applying the bowersto shutters, it is only necessary to insert the bower rod 18 in thebracket from the side desired, dependent upon whether for the right orleft shutter, and to then secure the bracket in place. This obviates thenecessity of purchasing the shutter bowers in pairs, in handling thebrackets and rods assembled, of the disadvantage of breaking the pairswhen 'make various changesin the details of construction and design ofthis shutter bower within the scope of the following claims.

What is claimed is r 1. In a shutter bower; a socket open at its top andbottom and having an interior annular groove therebetween; a bowing rodhaving a shank forengagement in the top or bottom of the socket; and apin on the shank adapted to travel in the annular groove to retain theshank in the socket; the socket also'having a pin receiving recess atone side through which the pin is adapted to enter said groove upon theturning of the pin to said side. 7 l

2. In a shutter bower; a shutter bracket having a socket provided with alongitudinal opening terminating in the opposite ends of the socket; abowing rod having a shank engageable in either end of the socket openingand provided with a laterally extending pin intermediate. the ends ofthe shank; the socket having, an annular groove in its inner wallintermediate the ends thereof to receive said pin and admit the turningof Copies of this patent may be obtained for said shank, and alsohavinga through recess at one side of said opening traversing theannular groove to admit the pin to the groove whereby the pin may beconcealed and'the shank be held from displacement from the socket.

3. Ina shutter bower; abracket adapted n for securement to a shutter andhaving an 7 outstanding arm provided with an inclosing socket; saidsocket having a through openmg therein and a through recess at theinner' side of the opening; a bowing rod engageable in the socket fromeither end of the opening and having a lateral pin for passage throughsaid recess into the socket and adapted to be turned out of said recessfor concealment in the socket and for secur- 4 I have hereunto set myhand in presence of two subscribing witnesses. V i HARRY EBERT.Witnesses: r Y

EDWARD DAVIS, HARRY PERRY.

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